Cloud Optimized SAN

Hyper-Scale Fabrics
Scale-out optical UltraScale ICLs
Scale-up ICL Ports on Demand (PoDs)
128 Gbps per ISL trunk

HITACHI DATA SYSTEMS

PRODUCT REFERENCE GUIDE

Metro Cloud Connectivity

Integrated DWDM and dark fiber
In-flight encryption and compression
Resilient metro links
Operational Simplicity
Fabric Vision Technology
MAPS and Flow Vision
ClearLink diagnostics
Dashboards

Brocade Networking for Hitachi Data Systems Solutions

Optimized Performance
Higher IOPs
Twice the bandwidth
Energy-efficient ASICs

Fibre Channel and Ethernet Fabric Solutions Providing Effortless Scalability, Cloud-Optimized Performance, High Availability, and
Unified Network Management
Central and remote data
centers connected over
a private cloud

Brocade SAN Foundation

Multi-tenancy: Integrated routing and Virtual Fabrics
SLA-driven: Adaptive Networking and QoS
End-to-end: HBA to storage management and services
Dynamic services: Extension, convergence

Contacts
CORPORATE
Harry Ault
Corporate Account Director
hault@brocade.com
415-867-3436
William Corrigan
Global Sales Executive
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303-439-9622
Stacey Balzer
OEM Account Manager Hitachi Global Business Unit
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720-849-0819
Steve Guzzi
Systems Engineer Manager
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952-401-1293
Todd Einck
Systems Engineer
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408-857-6242
Dick Masyga
Systems Engineer
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720-558-3485

Itir Clarke
Partner Marketing Manager
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408-333-5677

David Estrella
East OEM Territory Representative
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Camille Durand
OEM Alliance Manager, France
cdurand@brocade.com
+33 6 8146 8779

CONTACT AT HITACHI DATA SYSTEMS

FOR THE BROCADE RELATIONSHIP
Tony Ledesma
Prod. Mgmt, Data Networks
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408-580-4042

Kay Dee Hackman

West OEM Territory Representative
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408-891-3791

Juergen Kaiser
Partner Sales Manager, Germany,
Austria, Switzerland
kaiserj@brocade.com
+49 171 6885028

BROCADE SALES
NA/LATAM SALES
Michael Kearney
Manager, OEM Sales
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James Swiderski, Central OEM
Territory Representative
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Kelli Moraz
Federal Territory Representative
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Josh Coburn
South OEM Territory Representative
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+1 832 876 6609
EMEA SALES
Carlo Zocastello
Manager, OEM Sales
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+41 79 401 1862
John Doyle
OEM, Territory Rep. UK-EBG North
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+44 7585 008657
Gary Chatterton
Systems Engineer, UK/I
gchatter@brocade.com
+44 2084 325142

Metin Sezer
OEM Solutions Consultant
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+49 175 2234318
APAC SALES
Shan Tan
Manager, OEM Sales
stan@brocade.com
+65 6317 2444
Australia/New Zealand
Luigi D Alessandro
OEM Territory Representative
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+61 2 9016 0866

China
Elisa Dong
OEM Territory Representative
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+86 1085881905
India
Jayaram Kasargod
OEM Territory Representative
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+91 80 40224084
Taiwan/Hong Kong
Steven Bong
OEM Territory Representative
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+85234765432

Scale-out Fabrics
- 9 Chassis Full-mesh
- 10 Chassis Core-edge
Integrated Metro/GEO Connectivity
Unified SAN Management and Fabric Vision

High Performance SAN

Six 9s of Hardware Availability
Resilient Metro Links
Advanced monitoring and diagnostics

Embedded 8 Gbps SAN Module

Embedded 10 Gbps Ethernet Module
Ethernet Fabric Ready
Converged Network Ready
Integrates with Hitachi Chassis Management

Korea
Jinsung Park
OEM Territory Representative
parkj@brocade.com
+82 2 320 8121
Southeast Asia
Chee Lam Eng
OEM Territory Representative
ceng@brocade.com
+65 6317 2427

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8/16 Gbps Non-blocking Performance

Six 9s Hardware Availability
Protocol Intermix Mode (PIM)
FICON Acceleration

10/16 Gbps FC over DWDM or Dark Fiber

1/10 GbE FCIP
Mainframe or Open Systems
In-flight Data Encryption and Compression

10/40 GbE Ethernet Fabric

Dynamic Scalability
VCS AutoQoS
HNAS Clustering

Storage Area Networks (SAN) DCX Backbone/Director/Switches

CONNECTIVITY YOU CAN COUNT ON
From enterprise data centers to the service provider core, Brocade develops cloud-optimized

Model

Brocade DCX 8510-8

Brocade DCX 8510-4

efficient networking solutions that connect the worlds most in mission-critical information.
Brocade pioneered and continues to lead the Storage Area Network (SAN) market,

HD-DCX8518-0001-M 2PS, 0P, 2CP, 2 16GB CORE,0 SFP, Enterprise Software

Bundle (FV (incl. FW, APM), TRK, EF)

providing the industrys most reliable, energy-efficient solutions. Brocade Fibre Channel

16 Gbps Port Blades:

BR-DCX8510-2102
(32-ports w/32 Gbps SFP)

and Ethernet fabrics provide scalable, highly resilient infrastructures for mission-critical
storage and data networks. Brocade Gen 5 Fibre Channel products with Brocade Fabric

scalability, and 16 Gbps performance. Offering innovative diagnostic, monitoring, and

HITACHI DATA SYSTEMS
PART NUMBERS

maximize application performance, and reduce operational costs.

hierarchy and enabling all switches to be managed as a single logical chassis, VCS Fabric
PORTS
PORT SPEED
EXPANDABILITY
FICON/CUP SUPPORT

A TRADITION OF NETWORKING

leading IT companies. The result is the industrys most comprehensive family of scalable,
high-performance, and efficient networking solutions that provide a reliable foundation
for cloud-optimized networks and highly virtualized data centers.

BR-DCX8510-2048
(48-ports w/ 8 Gbps SFPs)
BR-DCX8510-0032
(32-ports, 0 SFP)
BR-DCX8510-0048
(48-ports, 0 SFP)
* Also configurable with Extension blades. ICLs enable connections of up to 10
chassis in a core-edge, and up to nine chassis in an active-active mesh topology.
ICL Ports on Demand are licensed in increments of 16 ICL ports. 1 ICL PoD license
is required for full bandwidth. Connecting five or more chassis via ICLs also
requires an Enterprise ICL license.

32, 48, 64 port FC blades, Extension blade - FX8-24

32, 48, 64 port FC blades, Extension blade - FX8-24

2, 4, 8, 10, 16 Gbps

2, 4, 8, 10, 16 Gbps

Up to 512 ports for device connectivity

* ICL option provides additional bandwidth when connecting multiple chassis. Max
port count reached with 8 Gbps FC8-64 blades.

Up to 256 ports
* ICL option provides additional bandwidth when connecting multiple chassis. Max
port count reached with 8 Gbps FC8-64 blades.

Yes (CUP Optional)

Yes (CUP Optional)

Supports 10/25km LWL SFPs at 8Gb or 16Gb

Hot-swappable redundant power supplies
Hot-swappable redundant blowers
Brocade Standard rack-mount included

Supports 10/25km LWL SFPs at 8Gb or 16Gb

Hot-swappable redundant power supplies
Hot-swappable redundant blowers
Brocade Standard rack-mount included

STANDARD BUNDLED
SOFTWARE

Extended Fabrics, Fabric Vision (incl FW, APM), ISL Trunking

Fabric Vision (incl FW, APM), Extended Fabric, ISL Trunking

OPTIONAL SOFTWARE
UPGRADE

Enterprise ICL (Inter Chassis Link) option provides up to an additional 2 Tbps

(32x 64 Gbps) bandwidth using customer supplied optical cabling between 8510
chassis, FICON CUP, Integrated Routing 10GE FCIP/10G FC Upgrade

Enterprise ICL (Inter Chassis Link) option provides up to an additional 1 Tbps

(16x 64 Gbps) for DCX 8510-4 bandwidth using customer supplied optical cabling
between 8510 chassis, FICON CUP, Integrated Routing 10GE FCIP/10G FC Upgrade

HARDWARE FEATURES

Brocade combines a proven track record of expertise, innovation, and new technology
development with standards leadership and strategic partnerships with the worlds

8 Gbps Port Blades:

BR-DCX8510-2032
(32-ports w/ 8 Gbps SFPs)

* Also configurable with Extension blades. ICLs enable connections of up to 10

chassis in a core-edge, and up to nine chassis in an active-active mesh topology.
ICL Ports on Demand are licensed in increments of 16 ICL ports. Two ICL PoD
licenses are required for full bandwidth. Connecting five or more chassis via ICLs
also requires an Enterprise ICL license.

network or constantly change network polices on switch ports. By flattening the network

data center.

8 Gbps Port Blades:

BR-DCX8510-2032
(32-ports w/ 8 Gbps SFPs)

BR-DCX8510-0048
(48-ports, 0 SFP)

technology enables virtual machine mobility without the need to manually reconfigure the

their most difficult business challenges and address the evolving requirements of todays

HD-DCX-2164
(64-ports, 8 Gbps SWL mSFP)

HD-DCX-2164
(64-ports, 8 Gbps SWL mSFP)

BR-DCX8510-0032
(32-ports, 0 SFP)

organizations to transition smoothly to elastic, cloud-optimized networks. VCS Fabric

This enables organizations to fully leverage existing and new IT investments as they solve

BR-DCX8510-0148
(48-ports, 0 SFPs)

BR-DCX8510-2048
(48-ports w/ 8 Gbps SFPs)

Brocade VCS Fabric technology, the industrys first Ethernet fabric technology, enables

technology greatly simplifies the management and optimization of virtualized data centers.

BR-DCX8510-0102
(32-ports, 0 SFP)

BR-DCX8510-0148
(48-ports, 0 SFPs)

built network infrastructure for data center storage, delivering unmatched reliability,
management capabilities, Fabric Vision technology helps administrators avoid problems,

BR-DCX8510-2148
(48-ports w/16 Gbps SFP)

BR-DCX8510-0102
(32-ports, 0 SFP)

architectures, and next-generation storage. Gen 5 Fibre Channel is the proven, purpose-

HD-DCX8514-1002-M Enterprise Software Bundle (FV (incl FW, APM), TRK, EF)
16 Gbps Port Blades:
BR-DCX8510-2102
(32-ports w/32 Gbps SFP)

BR-DCX8510-2148
(48-ports w/16 Gbps SFP)

Vision technology to unleash the full potential of high-density server virtualization, cloud

HD-DCX8514-0001-M 2PS,0P,2CP,2 16GB CORE,0 SFP

OS SUPPORTED

CUSTOMER PROFILE

TARGET ENVIRONMENT

Fabric OS v7.x

Fabric OS v7.x

Large enterprises needing backbone-class capabilities at the edge, and midsize

enterprises at the core
Transitioning to private cloud infrastructure
SAN consolidation and refresh of M-Series environments

Large enterprises needing backbone-class capabilities at the edge, and midsize

enterprises at the core
Transitioning to private cloud infrastructure
SAN consolidation and refresh of M-Series environments

Large enterprise-class data centers (Global 1000 companies)

Mainframe Environments

Midsize enterprise core, large enterprise edge or application engine

Mainframe Environments

Storage Area Networks (SAN) DCX Backbone/Director/Switches

Model

ENTERPRISE

MIDRANGE

Brocade 6520 Switch

Brocade 6510 Switch

8 Gbps SWL SFPs

HD-6520-48-8G-R-M (48-ports)
HD-6520-48-8G-F-M (48-ports)
XBR-ENTPOD-8G (24-ports on demand)

HITACHI DATA SYSTEMS PART

NUMBERS

16 Gbps SWL SFPs

HD-6520-48-16G-R-M (48-ports)
HD-6520-48-16G-F-M (48-ports)
HD-6520-96-16G-1R-M (96-ports, Ent Bundle)
XBR-ENTPOD-16G (24-ports on demand)
* -F Portside intake airflow
* -R Portside exhaust airflow

8 Gbps SWL SFPs

HD-6510-24-8G-R-M (24-ports)
HD-6510-48-8G-0R-M (48-ports)
HD-6510-48-8G-1R-M (48-ports, Ent Bundle)
HD-6510-24-8G-F-M (24-ports)
XBR-MIDR12POD-8G (Port-On-Demand, 12 port
Upgrade)
16 Gbps SWL SFPs
HD-6510-24-16G-R-M (24-ports)
HD-6510-48-16G-0R-M (48-ports)
HD-6510-48-16G-1R-M (48-ports, Ent Bundle)
HD-6510-24-16G-F-M (24-ports)
XBR-MIDR12POD-16G (Port-On-Demand, 12 port
Upgrade)

ENTRY
Brocade 300 Switch

HD-310-0008-M (8-ports, 0 e-port, 1 ps, 8 SWL

8Gb BR SFPs)
HD-320-0008-M (8-ports, Full Fabric, 8 SWL 8Gb
BR SFPs, Fixed Rack Mount)
HD-360-0008-M (24-ports, Full Fabric, 24 SWL 8
Gbps BR SFPs, Fixed Rack Mount)
HD-360-1008-M (24-ports, Ent Bundle, Full
Fabric, 24 SWL 8 Gbps BR SFPs, Fixed Rack
Mount)
XBR-SMEDPOD8-01 (8 Port upgrade w/ 8 SWL 8
Gbps BR SFPs)

PORT SPEED

EXPANDABILITY

Brocade 6505 Switch

8 Gbps SWL SFPs

HD-6505-12-8G-OR-M
(12-ports, rack mount kit)
XHD-SMED12POD-8G
(12 Ports on Demand)

FCOE10-24 Blade

* FCOE10-24 Blade - FC accessible via

backplane; cannot be used in a Backbone
chassis with other intelligent blades installed.

16 Gbps SWL SFPs

HD-6505-12-16G-OR-M
(12-ports, rack mount kit)
HD-6505-24-16G-2R-M
(24-ports, rack mount kit, Ent Bundle)
XBR-SMED12POD-16G
(12 Ports on Demand)

ETHERNET FABRIC
Brocade VDX 6730 Switches

BR-VDX6730-24-F/R (24P, SFP+, NO OPTICS,

AC).
BR-VDX6730-16-F (16P, SFP+, 0 OPTICS, AC).
BR-VDX6730-16- R (16P, SFP+, 0 OPTICS, AC).
BR-VDX6730-32-FCOE-F (24P, SFP+, 8 8G FC, FC
OPTICS, VCS LIC, FCOE LIC, AC).
* -F Portside intake airflow
* -R Portside exhaust airflow

* -F Portside intake airflow

* -R Portside exhaust airflow

* -F Portside intake airflow

* -R Portside exhaust airflow

PORTS

FCoE CONVERGENCE

Brocade VDX 6740 Switch

BR-VDX6740-24-F
(24P SFP+ PORTS 1/10GbE)
BR-VDX6740-24-R
(24P SFP+ PORTS 1/10GbE)
BR-VDX6740-48-R
(48P SFP+ PORTS 1/10GbE)
BR-VDX6740-48-R
(48P SFP+ PORTS 1/10GbE)
BR-VDX674064ALLSWF
(64P SFP+ PORTS 1/10GbE, VCS, FCOE)
BR-VDX674064ALLSWR
(64P SFP+ PORTS 1/10GbE, VCS, FCOE)
BR-VDX6740-64-F
(64P SFP+ PORTS 1/10GbE)
BR-VDX6740-64-R
(64P SFP+ PORTS 1/10GbE)

Brocade VDX 6710 Switches

BR-VDX 6710-54-F/-R

* -F Portside intake airflow

* -R Portside exhaust airflow

48, 72, 96

24, 36, or 48 ports

8, 16, 24

12, 24

24 DCB

Up to 24 10 GbE/1 GbE SFP+ ports for

FCoE and 8 FC ports on 6730-24
Up to 60 10 GbE/1 GbE SFP+ ports for FCoE and
16 FC ports on 6730-60

Up to 48 1/10GE SFP+ ports, up to 4 40GE

QSFP+ ports; QSFP+ ports can deployed as 16
additional 10GE SFP+ ports

2, 4, 8, 10, 16 Gbps

2, 4, 8, 10, 16 Gbps

1, 2, 4, 8 Gbps

2,4,8,16 Gbps

10 Gbps DCB

10 Gbps (DCB), 1,2,4,8 Gbps (FC)

1, 10, 40 GbE (DCB and TRILL)

10 Gbps (DCB), 1,2,4,8 Gbps (FC)

Ports on Demand, 8 port 10GE SFP+

Ports on Demand, 2 port 40GE SFP+

N/A

Ports on Demand, 24 Ports

Ports on Demand, 12-ports

Ports on Demand, 8 Ports

Ports on Demand, 12-ports

Up to 2 blades per DCX/DCX-4S Backbone

VDX 6730-16: 8-port PoD (BR-VDX 673024POD-01)

VDX 6730-40:10-port PoDs (BR-VDX 673060POD-01) FCoE POD:
VDX 6730-24: 8-port FC PoD (XBR-VDX FCOE01), includes 8 x 8Gb/sec FC SWL optics
VDX 6730-60: 16-port FC PoD (XBR-VDX FCOE02), includes 16 x 8Gb/sec FC SWL optics

48 x 1 GbE (RJ45).
6 x 1/10 GbE (SFP/SFP+)

FICON/CUP SUPPORT

No

Yes
1U with reversible airflow option SKUsfront-toback and back-to-front
Support for in-flight encryption and compression
on any port, with a maximum of 2 ports for
encryption/compression at 16 Gbps
Redundant hot-swappable power supplies with
integrated fans
Ethernet, console, and USB management ports
Clearlink Diagnostics (D_port)
Forward Error Correction (FEC)
Rack-mount kit included

Supports 4km and 10km LWL SFPs

Single fixed power supply
3 fixed N+1 fans
Singular Switch FRU
Fixed rack-mount included on
320 & 360 models

Rack Mount Kit

Optional second hot swappable power supply/fan
assembly
Forward Error Correction (FEC)

FCOE10-24 Blade
24 10 Gbps DCB external ports, 60 Gbps FC
bandwidth available via DCX backplane

HARDWARE FEATURES

2U with reversible airflow option SKUsfront-toback and back-to-front

Support for in-flight encryption and compression
on any port, with a maximum of 8 ports for
encryption/compression at 16 Gbps
Redundant hot-swappable power supplies with
integrated fans
Ethernet, console, and USB mgmt. ports
Clearlink Diagnostics (D_port)
Forward Error Correction (FEC)
Rack-Mount Kit included

Up to 1456 Gbps Switching Capacity;

Wire-Speed on All Ports
ISL Trunking in Hardware
Ports On Demand
Direct-attached Copper and Optical
Transceiver Cabling Options
Hot Swappable, Redundant Power and Cooling
Reversible front-to-rear airflow.
2 Hot Swappable and
Redundant Power Supplies

Active optical, and optical transceiver cabling

options
Hot swappable, redundant power (250W/500W)
and cooling
Reversible front-to-rear airfl ow (Portside intake/
exhaust)

Up to 216Gb/sec switching capacity, wire-speed

on all ports.
ISL trunking in hardware.
Hot-swappable, redundant power and cooling
Reversible front-to-back airflow

Brocade Fabric OS - Bottleneck Detection,

Brocade Advanced Zoning, Dynamic Fabric
Provisioning, Dynamic Path Selection, Enhanced
BB credit recovery, Frame Redirection, FSPF

Brocade Fabric OS - Bottleneck Detection,

Brocade Advanced Zoning, Dynamic Fabric
Provisioning, Dynamic Path Selection, Enhanced
BB credit recovery, Frame Redirection, FSPF, NPIV

Full Fabric (optional on 310), (Web Tools, & Adv.

Zoning inc. in FOS 6.1), Ent. Bundle for HD-3601004 and HD-360-1008, SAO included with FOS
6.0 or higher

Brocade FOS 7.0 (includes Web Tools and

Advanced Zoning)
Enhanced Group Management
Access Gateway (all ports must be activated)

FCOE10-24 Blade - All DCB and FCoE features are

automatically enabled

Automatic Migration of Port Profiles

Full Layer 2 Feature Set
VM Aware Network Automation
ISL Trunking

VCS Fabric technology to build Ethernet fabrics.

Automatic migration of port profiles.
Full Layer 2 feature set
VMaware network automation

Enterprise Bundle for certain models Fabric Vision (incl. FW, APM), Ext Fabrics, and
Trunking

Enterprise Bundle for certain models Fabric Vision (incl. FW, APM), Ext Fabrics, and
Trunking

Virtual Cluster Switching

(VCS) Technology to Build
Ethernet Fabrics
Automatic Migration of Port
Profiles
Full Layer 2 Feature Set
VM Aware Network Automation

Integrated Routing, Extended Fabrics (EF), Fabric

Watch (FW), Advanced Performance Monitor
(APM), Trunking (TRK), Fabric Vision, 10GE
FCIP/10G FC Upgrade

Integrated Routing, Midrange CUP, FICON in-band

management, Extended Fabrics (EF), Fabric Watch
(FW), Advanced Performance Monitor (APM),
Trunking (TRK), Fabric Vision, 10GE FCIP/10G FC
Upgrade,

Full Fabric Upgrade (applicable to 310), ISL

Trunking, Extended Fabrics, Adv Perf Monitoring,
Fabric Watch, Fabric Vision, and Ent Bundle (if not
already included)

ISL Trunking, Fabric Vision, Fabric Watch, Adv

Performance Monitoring, Extended Fabrics and
Enterprise Bundle

Ports On Demand Licenses

FCoE License w/ 8Gb SFPs

FCoE

STANDARD BUNDLED
SOFTWARE

OPTIONAL SOFTWARE
UPGRADE

Enterprise Bundle: TRK, FV (incl FW, APM), EF, (BRMENTEB4-01) Fabric Vision
OS SUPPORTED

TARGET ENVIRONMENT

CUSTOMER PROFILE

No

N/A

N/A

No

N/A

No

Enterprise Bundle: TRK, FV (incl FW, APM), EF

Fabric OS 7.1.x

Fabric OS v7.x

Fabric OS v6.4.x

Fabric OS v7.x

Fabric OS v6.4.x

Network OS 4.x

Brocade Network OS 4.x

Network OS 4.x

High-Density Enterprise
Large Enterprise SAN
High Availability
Consolidation
Scalability
Virtualization, Cloud

Department
Workgroup
High performance edge

Entry
Workgroup
Department
Edge

Entry
Workgroup
Department
Edge

FCOE10-24 Blade
Data Center End of Row
Existing data center FC environments that include
DCX/DCX4S installations
New data center expansions
Green field applications with high I/O needs

LAN and SAN Connectivity

Server I/O Consolidation

Data Center Top-of-Rack

High-density server virtualization
Network for IP storage
Server I/O Consolidation

Server I/O Consolidation

Large Enterprise Datacenters

Workgroup
High-Performance
Edge Switch to Core

Workgroup
Midsize SAN
High Availability
Projected growth

SMB SAN
Cost Sensitive
High Availability
DAS to SAN migration

SMB SAN
Cost Sensitive
High Availability
DAS to SAN migration

Global 1000 enterprises

Medium size enterprises
New data centers or green field
applications with high I/O needs

10 GbE Fixed Port FCoE Switch with

VCS Fabric Connectivity
Converge Storage Traffic (FCoE, iSCSI)
in the Ethernet Fabric; Multi-Hop FCoE

Global 1000 enterprises

Medium size enterprises
Highly virtualized server environments
Greenfield projects for the data center
Test and development or non-mission- critical
production environments

Cost-effective 1 GbE fixed port switch with

Brocade Virtual Cluster Switching (VCS).
Fabric technology.

Storage Area Networks (SAN) Extension/Routing

Embedded Switch Modules for Hitachi Compute Blade Platforms

EXTENSION

COMPUTE BLADE MODULES

Brocade 7800 4/2 & 16/6 Extension Switch

HITACHI DATA SYSTEMS

PART NUMBERS

Brocade FX8-24 Extension Blade

HD-7800-0001-M
(6-ports, 4 8Gb SWL SFPs)
HD-7800F-0001-M
(22-ports, 16 8Gb SWL SFPs, 0 1GE SFP)
HD-7800F-0002-M
(22-ports, 16 8 Gbps LWL SFPs, 0 1GE SFP)
XBR-7800UG-0001-M
(7800 upgrade, 16P, 12 8 Gbps SWL SFPs, 0 1GE SFP)
XBR-7800UG-0002-M
(7800 upgrade, 16P, 12 8 Gbps LWL SFPs, 0 1GE SFP

PORTS

HITACHI DATA SYSTEMS

PART NUMBERS

HD-FX824-0001-M
(22-ports, 12 8 Gbps SWL SFPs, 10 1GE SFP)
HD-FX824-0002-M
(22-ports, 12 8 Gbps LWL SFPs, 0 1GE SFP)

EXPANDABILITY

1, 2, 4 or 8 Gbps FC; 1 Gbps Ethernet

1, 2, 4 or 8 Gbps FC; 1 /10 Gbps Ethernet

Optional software license for 4/2 base model to activate twelve 8 Gbps Fibre Channel and
four 1GE ports and enable Open Systems Tape Pipelining

Optional software license to activate the

two optional 10GE ports

POWER SUPPLIES

Dual hot-swappable redundant power supplies

N/A

FICON/CUP SUPPORT

FICON metro distance support (7800 16/6 only)

FICON metro distance support

HARDWARE FEATURES

Supports 4km and 10km LWL SFPs that are qualified

Slide rail rack-mount kit included

Supports 4km and 10km LWL SFPs that are qualified

STANDARD BUNDLED
SOFTWARE

FCIP Fast Write, Storage-Optimized TCP, Advanced Compression

FCIP Fast Write, Open Systems Tape Pipelining, Storage-Optimized TCP, Advanced Compression

OPTIONAL SOFTWARE
UPGRADE

4/2 Base to 16/6 Full Model Upgrade, Advanced Extension, Advanced Accelerator for FICON,
ISL Trunking, Fabric Vision, Adv Perf Monitoring, Fabric Watch, Integrated Routing, FICON CUP

10GE FCIP/10G FC Upgradet, Advanced Extension, Advanced Accelerator for FICON

TARGET ENVIRONMENT

Open systems and mainframe disk and tape extension

Synchronous and asynchronous storage replication
Centralized SAN backup and archiving
Global data migration and sharing

GV-BE2LSW3X1-Y.P (HT-VDX6746-0000)
(24 PORT 10GE, 0 OPTIC)

24-ports (16 Internal/8 External)

1, 2, 4 or 8 Gbps FC

1/10 Gbps Ethernet

10 Ports on Demand, 8 ports internal and 2 ports external

N/A

FICON/CUP SUPPORT

N/A

N/A

HARDWARE FEATURES

N/A

N/A

STANDARD BUNDLED
SOFTWARE

Full Fabric, Ent Bundle for HT-5460-0002-M

N/A

OPTIONAL SOFTWARE
UPGRADE

ISL Trunking, Extended Fabrics, Adv Perf Monitoring,

Fabric Watch, Adaptive Networking, and Ent Bundle
(if not already included)

FCOE, Virtual Cluster Switching (VCS), FCOE & VCS COMBO

Fabric OS v6.2.x

NOS 2.x

OS SUPPORTED
CUSTOMER PROFILE

TARGET ENVIRONMENT

Open systems and mainframe disk and tape extension

Synchronous and asynchronous storage replication
Centralized SAN backup and archiving
Global data migration and sharing

Brocade VDX 6746 Ethernet Module

26 ports (max of 20 internal and 6 external)

PORT SPEED

Base Multi Protocol: 12 8 Gbps FC and 10 1GbE

Optional GbE configurations: 10 1GbE and 1 10GbE; 2 10GbE

EXPANDABILITY

GV-BE2FSW1X1-Y.P (HT-5460-0000-M)
(12 ports enabled, 4 external ports w/ 8 Gbps SFPs)
GV-BE2FSL1X1-Y.P (BR-SMED10POD-01)
(10 Port-On-Demand, 0 SFPs)

PORTS

FX8-24 compatible only with other FX8-24 and 7800

4 8 Gbps FC and 2 1GbE;

16 8 Gbps FC and 6 1GbE

PORT SPEED

Brocade 5460 FC Module

Virtualization/Cloud deployments
High density computing
Global 1000 enterprises
Green data center

Virtualization/Cloud deployments
High density computing
Global 1000 enterprises
Green data center

Hitachi Compute Blade 320, 2000 and 500

Hitachi Compute Blade 2000 and 500

Brocade Ethernet Fabric and Converged Curriculum Path

ETH 101

Brocade Network Advisor

Internetworking Fundamentals
for Brocade Training
Time Required: 2 hours
Ethernet Fabric Tier 1: WBT

BROCADE NETWORK ADVISOR

IP

SAN

IP + SAN

FC 101
Intro to Fibre Channel
Concepts
Time Required: 3 hours
Ethernet Fabric Tier 1: WBT

VCS 101

CEFP 300

Intro to Brocade Virtual

Cluster Switching

Advanced Ethernet Fabric

Administrator for NOS 3.x

Time Required: 3 hours

Ethernet Fabric Tier 1: WBT

Time Required: 12 hours

Ethernet Fabric Tier 2/3: WBT

VDX 110

PART NUMBERS

OPTIONAL SOFTWARE
UPGRADE

HD-NA-IP-BASE-M
(IP Mgmt SW Kit for 50 devices)
HD-NA-IP-DC-M
(Adds DC (VCS Fabric Mgmt) license)
HD-NA-IP-100-M
(Adds IP mgmt SW license for 100 devices)
HD-NA-IP-500-M
(Adds IP mgmt SW license for 500 devices)
HD-NA-IP-1000-M
(Adds IP mgmt SW license for 1000 devices)
HD-NA-IP-2500-M
(Adds IP mgmt SW license for 2500 devices)

HD-NA-IP-BASE-M
(IP Mgmt SW Kit for 50 devices)
HD-NA-IP-DC-M
(Adds DC (VCS Fabric Mgmt) license)
HD-NA-IP-100-M
(Adds IP mgmt SW license for 100 devices)
HD-NA-IP-500 -M
(Adds IP mgmt SW license for 500 devices)
HD-NA-IP-1000-M
(Adds IP mgmt SW license for 1000 devices)
HD-NA-IP-2500 -M
(Adds IP mgmt SW license for 2500 devices)

HD-NA-SAN-ENT-M
(SAN management SW license for up to 9000 switch ports
(~120 devices) and 36 fabrics)
HD-NA-SAN-PLU-M
(SAN management SW license for up to 2,560 switch ports
(~40 devices) and 36 fabrics)

MPLS Management
SAN Management

IP Management
SAN PLU to ENT Upgrade

IP/SAN PLU to ENT Upgrade

Intro to Brocade VDX Products

Time Required: 2 hours
Ethernet Fabric Tier 1: WBT

VDX TS 101

CEF 300

VDX-TS 300

Brocade Ethernet Fabric

Administration for NOS 4.0

Advanced Ethernet Fabric

Troubleshooting

Time Required: 5 days

Ethernet Fabric Tier 2/3: VCT/ILT

Time Required: 12 hours

Ethernet Fabric Tier 2/3: WBT

Introduction to VDX
Troubleshooting
Time Required: 2 hours
Ethernet Fabric Tier 1: WBT

For more course information or to register, go to www.brocade.com/education.

Contact HDS-OEMSE@Brocade.com for SAN or IP course recommendations.